Community Wildfire Protection Act of 2023

S 21, the Community Wildfire Protection Act of 2023, amends the definition of "at-risk community" in the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 by removing the requirement that such communities must be "within or adjacent to Federal land." This technical adjustment clarifies that at-risk communities are defined solely by comprising a group, without geographic restrictions tied to federal land. The change affects how communities qualify for wildfire protection programs under existing law but does not alter program funding or eligibility criteria. It is a procedural update to legal language, not a substantive policy change.